The amendment was first proposed in 1789.
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Amendment
//əˈmɛndmənt//
Synonyms for "amendment" (88 found)
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Related words (44)
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Translations
93 translations across 38 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَعْدِيل noun (correction or addition to a law)
Belarusian
1 entries- папра́ўка noun (correction or addition to a law)
Bulgarian
2 entries- коре́кция noun (correction or addition to a law)
- попра́вка noun (that which is added)
Catalan
2 entries- esmena noun (correction or addition to a law)
- esmena noun (that which is added)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 修正案 noun (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution)
- 改正 noun (correction or addition to a law)
Cornish
3 entries- amendyans noun (correction or addition to a law)
- amendyans noun (that which is added)
- amendyans noun (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution)
Czech
1 entries- dodatek noun (correction or addition to a law)
Danish
3 entries- lovændring noun (correction or addition to a law)
- tilføjelse noun (that which is added)
- ændring noun (that which is added)
Esperanto
2 entries- amendo noun (correction or addition to a law)
- amendo noun (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution)
Finnish
4 entries- lainmuutos noun (correction or addition to a law)
- lakimuutos noun (correction or addition to a law)
- lisäys noun (that which is added)
- lisäys noun (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution)
French
2 entries- amendement noun (correction or addition to a law)
- avenant noun (correction or addition to a law)
Galician
2 entries- emenda noun (correction or addition to a law)
- emenda noun (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution)
Georgian
1 entries- ამენდმენტი noun (correction or addition to a law)
German
4 entries- Abänderung noun (that which is added)
- Ergänzung noun (that which is added)
- Gesetzesänderung noun (correction or addition to a law)
- Nachbesserung noun (that which is added)
Greek
2 entries- αναθεώρηση noun (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution)
- τροπολογία noun (correction or addition to a law)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pākuʻi hoʻololi noun (correction or addition to a law)
Hindi
2 entries- संशोधन noun (correction or addition to a law)
- संशोधन noun (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution)
Hungarian
4 entries- alkotmánykiegészítés noun (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution)
- alkotmánymódosítás noun (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution)
- jogszabály-módosítás noun (correction or addition to a law)
- kiegészítés noun (that which is added)
Ido
1 entries- emendo noun (correction or addition to a law)
Italian
2 entries- aggiunta noun (that which is added)
- emendamento noun (correction or addition to a law)
Japanese
2 entries- 修正案 noun (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution)
- 改正 noun (correction or addition to a law)
Korean
2 entries- 개정 noun (correction or addition to a law)
- 수정안 noun (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution)
Macedonian
1 entries- амандман noun (correction or addition to a law)
Māori
3 entries- menemana noun (correction or addition to a law)
- menemana noun (that which is added)
- menemana noun (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution)
Pohnpeian
1 entries- kamwomwadahn wekidekla noun (correction or addition to a law)
Polish
4 entries- dodatek noun (that which is added)
- nowela noun (correction or addition to a law)
- nowelizacja noun (correction or addition to a law)
- poprawka noun (correction or addition to a law)
Portuguese
3 entries- emenda noun (correction or addition to a law)
- emenda noun (that which is added)
- emenda noun (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution)
Romanian
2 entries- amendament noun (correction or addition to a law)
- modificare de lege noun (correction or addition to a law)
Russian
4 entries- доба́вка noun (that which is added)
- измене́ние noun (correction or addition to a law)
- попра́вка noun (correction or addition to a law)
- приса́дка noun (that which is added)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- amàndmān noun (correction or addition to a law)
- ама̀ндма̄н noun (correction or addition to a law)
Spanish
4 entries- emienda noun (correction or addition to a law)
- emienda noun (that which is added)
- enmendadura noun (correction or addition to a law)
- enmendamiento noun (correction or addition to a law)
Swahili
2 entries- badiliko noun (that which is added)
- rekebisho noun (that which is added)
Swedish
1 entries- tillägg noun (that which is added)
Tagalog
1 entries- susog noun (correction or addition to a law)
Turkish
3 entries- düzeltme noun (that which is added)
- tebdil noun (correction or addition to a law)
- ıslah noun (that which is added)
Ukrainian
2 entries- попра́вка noun (correction or addition to a law)
- попра́вка noun (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sửa đổi noun (correction or addition to a law)
- tu chính án noun (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution)
Welsh
1 entries- gwelliant noun (correction or addition to a law)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The Thirteenth Amendment freed all Negro slaves.
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Some claim that full-body scanners violate the Fourth Amendment.
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The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1868.
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